azure ⚓︎

Resources

Adam Marczak's Azure for Everyone and especially its Azure Fundamentals playlist
John Savill's Azure Masterclass
The Azure Fundamentals Learning Path in Microsoft Learn

Azure VMs⚓︎

Set up a spot Windows Server 2019 VM with the Azure Powershell Module⚓︎

Install and import the Azure Az Powershell module in the current session

Install-Module -Name Az -Force -Verbose
Import-Module -Name Az

Connect to your Azure subscription using the browser
```
Connect-AzAccount
```

Create the Resource Group and the VM; remember to set the $region and the $user variables. The password is prompted interactively.

$ResourceGroup = 'dev-test'
$region = 'westeurope'
$passwd = ConvertTo-SecureString $(Read-Host "Password") -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($user, $passwd);
# Create resource group
New-AzResourceGroup -Name $ResourceGroup -Location $region -Verbose
# Create VM
New-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Location $region -Name $ResourceGroup -Image Win2019Datacenter -Credential $Credential -Priority Spot -Verbose